🕊️ Why I’m Building a Church

I’ve spent over 15 years building software platforms—tools that automate, scale, connect, and serve. But in recent years, I began to feel a quiet, growing discomfort.

Something was missing.

It wasn’t the code. I love building—it's part of who I am. But I started asking deeper questions: What am I building for? Where is this all going? And what kind of future are we actually shaping?

Those questions led me somewhere I never expected: To the blueprint of a church.

Not a traditional church, tied to dogma or control. But a sacred space. A place where the soul can breathe. Where people can come back to themselves—and to something greater.

🛠️ From Platforms to Sacred Places

I’ve launched digital platforms—crypto, commerce, training, smart tech. But now I feel called to build something different. Something slower. Deeper. Human.

A place that doesn’t ask you to perform, hustle, or compete. But invites you to reflect, heal, and simply be.

I’m building a living temple—one rooted in the elements, designed for realignment. Think less cathedral, more sanctuary in nature.

• A central temple built of natural wood—alive, humble, and open to all
• Fire circles for ritual and release
• Water pools for purification and symbolic rebirth
• Earth spaces for grounding meditation and barefoot silence
• Cabins for solitude, fasting, and spiritual rest
• Gathering spaces for ceremony, teaching, music, and prayer
• Trails through trees where you can hear your soul again

🌍 Why Now?

Because the modern world is speeding up—and we’re starving for stillness. Because people are scrolling more and connecting less. Because algorithms aren’t going to save us—only deeper presence will.

We need places not just for productivity, but for presence. Places to process grief. To remember our values. To celebrate birth, death, and change. To reconnect with the rhythms of earth and sky.

And we need those places outside of religious systems that divide. We need open sanctuaries for the spiritual-but-not-religious. For the seekers. The wounded. The curious. The quiet. The brave.

📍 Why South Carolina?

The land chose me as much as I chose it. Forests. Rivers. Sky that breathes. A place where technology fades and nature speaks.

It’s the perfect ground for a new kind of sacred architecture— one shaped not by concrete and glass, but by intention, earth, and elemental wisdom.

We will build this space slowly, by hand and heart. It will grow organically, with love and support from a community of builders, artists, healers, believers, and visionaries.

🤲 This is Not Just My Church

This is not a brand. Not a business. Not a trend. This is a calling.

If you’ve ever longed for sacred space—free of judgment and full of light—you’re already part of this.

Whether you contribute time, prayers, materials, funds, art, or just your attention, you are welcome.

We’re not just building a church. We’re building a future where the sacred has a home again. You can learn more at: Build a Church

Posted on May 25, 2025

– Artem Solianyk
Founder of SKYC & IO SMART HUB | Full-Stack Engineer, Builder, Dreamer